[jd4083]

If some of these don't move you to tears, you're not human.

First Flight by the Wright brothers


Great Depression


Hindenburg


Omaha Beach


Iwo Jima


End of the war


Che


JFK


Buddhism monk protest


VC Execution


Napalm on children in vietnam


Afghan girl


Omayra Sanchez


Tiananmen


Vulture and child (photographer commited suicide)


Child in Uganda


Marlborough Street fire


Earth


Super Six-Four (Blackhawk Down)


Munich Olympics


Ruby shoots Oswald


Iraq war


Rwanda death camp survivor






to whoever took the time to compile these photos/text originally...

[jd4083]

Don't drink the Kool-aid (Jamestown)



Incoming Hiroshima



Kent State



Challenger



Australian executed



Does not fit



First X-Ray



Top of the world 1953



Concord 2000



Hubble



Columbia



Princess Diana



9/11



Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin



WTC






Chernobyl



Concentration camp









9/11



Bigfoot!



Fight the powah

[jd4083]

Saved the most depressing, and moving, photos for last -






Cyndie always tries to have something at hand to take the sting out of her son, Derek's doctor appointments. On March 8 after undergoing radiation treatment, they make the most of a dollar can of Silly String - and Cyndie then meticulously cleans up every bit of the stuff from the ground. Cyndie is a big fan of the Dollar Store.





Cyndie consoles her best friend, Kelly Whysong, left, on April 24, 2006, Fearing Derek's time is near, Cyndie wrote a letter to Derek about how brave he's been during his battle with cancer. She reads it to her youngest son repeatedly, hoping he can still understand.





After placing a flower beside her son's head, a sobbing Cyndie drops to the floor on April 25, as her best friend, Kelly Whysong, left, and another friend, Nick Rocha, comfort her. Derek is too weak to acknowledge his mother's presence as she keeps a 24-hour vigil by his bed.





Derek has a final burst of energy after days of Cyndie keeping vigil at his bedside. She helps her anguished son walk on April 26. A cancerous tumor has distended Derek's stomach so far that his pants no longer fit. Another tumor in his brain impairs his eyesight making navigation difficult inside their rental home.





Derek refuses to take pain medications because he fears further damage to his organs. He rages at his mother on April 28, blaming her for not making him healthier. "You have to calm down and help me help you," Cyndie says.





On May 1, after days of little sleep while caring for Derek, Cyndie confronts longtime family friend "grandpa" Patrick Degnan, about whether he'll be able to help with rent and funeral expenses as Derek is caught in the middle. Cyndie hopes to set up a non-profit organization so families don't have to endure the same financial struggle and chaos they have experienced. "I just wish that some of the percentage of money that goes to cancer research can be diverted to families going through this because many people will never benefit from the research," says Cyndie.





Derek kisses his mom at the Relay for Life benefit, as his 6-year-old sister, Brianna, stands by. Wanting to contribute something to the cause and to "give back," Cyndie recruited volunteers for the benefit. Before the race, Cyndie speaks to the crowd about her pride in her son's bravery during his battle with cancer.



Cyndie holds Derek on May 8. He is on medication that hinders his speech and keeps him awake at night. Except for a few minutes while hospice nurses are with him, Cyndie spends nearly every moment of the day at his side. "I was exhausted beyond belief but I had to do this. He would call my name and always expects me to be there," Cyndie said.


In an effort to get Derek outside, Cyndie wheels him through the front door passing by artwork and cards given to her son by classmates at Bridgeway Island Elementary School. "Just like a newborn, he needs to get out and get some air," she says. It was his last trip outdoors.

Cyndie French fights her emotions May 10, as she prepares to flush out Derek's catheter with saline solution before hospice nurse Sue Kirkpatrick, left, administers a sedative that will give the 11-year-old a peaceful death. "I know in my heart I've done everything I can," Cyndie says.

Cyndie rocks her dying son as the song, "Because We Believe," plays on a cd. She sings along with Andrea Bocelli in a whispery voice. "Once in every life/There comes a time/We walk out all alone/And into the light..." From left, family friends Ashley Berger, Amy Morgan and Kelly Whysong offer comfort as Cyndie tells Derek, "It's OK, baby. I love you, little man. I love you, brave boy. I love you. I love you." Derek died soon after in his mother's arms on May 10, 2006.

Cyndie leads Derek's casket to burial with assistance from her sons Anthony Moffe, foreground, Micah Moffe, opposite him, and Vincent Morris, who is not visible, as well as several friends. "I will forever carry your memory in my heart and remind others to give of their time, energy and support to other families like ours," Cyndie says at the funeral. Derek was buried in Mount Vernon Memorial Park in Fair Oaks, California, on May 19, 2006.

[bigghead]

thanks jd. lost my wife last year to cancer. iam touched.

[st0ne]

A very interesting post jd,

Humanity is touching isn't it. Beautiful, tragic, and miserable all in the same breathe.

Tragic how most of us are so selfishly consumed by our trivial day to day existance, that we forget all else.

I can't say I am any different.

This is life, a purpetual cycle that really amounts to fuck all anyways.

Thanks for the photos guys, reminds us all we ARE human

[kpt.G]

yes nice photos, respect to photographer

wow

[WasntMe]

Some very classic shots, I love how out of place and random the bigfoot shot is that line up.

I have to remember to post up some of my 9/11 photos for you guys, a couple were published in a TIME publication ..... I was one of the search and rescue volunteers there.

[TexasToker]

Some of those are Pulitzer winners. The boy and the vulture for instance. The guy who shot that photo killed himself a few months later because of depression.

The Afghan girl was on a Time magazine cover.